Christal M. Cherry will show how boards can learn how to work with the CEO and staff to ground organizational values and practices so that they are inclusive. Full Transcript: Steven: All right. Christal, we're ready to go. Is it okay if I go ahead and get us started officially? [...]
In part 1 of a special two-part webinar, Dr. Robin Hindsman Stacia will outline how board members can embrace the leadership imperative for engaging in DEI focused work and governance. Full Transcript: Steven: All right. Robin, is it okay if I go ahead and get us started officially here? Robin: [...]
We are collectively experiencing another face-off with the visible and visceral evidence of racial injustice and inequities that are allowed and protected through racist systematic policies and structural practices that both dominate and limit the human rights of black people in America. During these times, executives and board leaders from [...]
As a black man working in nonprofit education, I have heard and experienced a lot, particularly from the students that I’ve served. Working in the North Lawndale Neighborhood on the Westside of Chicago, I had a 4th grader, an amazingly smart girl, tell me that she didn’t want to work [...]
One day while searching through a greeting card section at a local store, I glimpsed at a card that read, “Be the author of your own story.” At that moment, I had recently been asked to tell my own story, once again, to a nonprofit organization looking to share my [...]
Did you know that Spanish is the fourth most spoken language worldwide? With more than 530 million speakers, Spanish is quickly becoming a lingua franca across Latin America and the world. In the United States, 13% of the population speaks Spanish natively, and millions more are learning it every day. [...]
Black lives have always mattered, more especially in a country largely built on the labor of enslaved people. The expression which gained traction on social media is not a new movement, but builds on a solid legacy started by stalwarts such as Rosa Parks, Angela Davis, and Martin Luther King [...]
In 2011, I embarked upon a new position in donor relations with great expectations and optimism. But my excitement soon dissipated when within six months both of my Associate Directors left for other positions within the University—one for a higher position while the other made a lateral move. Still a [...]
Recently at a conference, I sat on a panel of three women -- two white, one black -- and we ended up talking about how women treat each other badly at work. As the talk went on, it became apparent that a lot of white women in the audience were [...]
On June 15, 2020, AFP hosted a Global town hall on Anti-Racism, Inclusion and Fundraising, featuring Marco A. Corona, Michelle T. Edgerton, Kishshana Palmer, Ken Miller, and Simone Joyaux. Here, printed with permission, are Simone's oral remarks. My name is Simone Joyaux. I’m a white, heterosexual, well-educated, affluent woman. HUGE unearned [...]
What Do You Want to Say? This is always the $64,000 question. And with our world unhinged, and norms abolished, it’s true today more than ever. What do you contribute to help people cope, stay strong and be well? What can you do to make the world better? What should [...]
I've really been struggling with what to say in response to the unrest gripping our nation and the world. I haven't personally experienced the injustice that is being protested, and I recognize that's because I come from a place of privilege. I didn't want to fumble this issue and come [...]